It was not until evening that Wan Yunting returned home.
"Brother Yunting, you're back..."
Qi Miaomiao and Su Ke'er, who were in the courtyard, were accompanying Wan Yunting's mother, Xia Xiangyun. Gu Luotang, who was pregnant, was also there, taking care of their younger daughter. Seeing her husband return, they all greeted him.
"En, Mom, where's Yanxi?"
However, Wan Yunting did not see Fang Yanxi.
"She and your dad haven't finished work yet. They said they're holding a meeting at the company," Xia Xiangyun replied.
Wan Yunting's expression changed. He walked over, picked up his daughter from the crib, and said, "Is today the day Dad officially brings Yanxi into the family's group?"
"En."
Xia Xiangyun nodded.
Today, the Ouyang family's enterprise officially announced to the public that Fang Yanxi would be appointed as Vice President of the group!
As soon as this news broke, it caused a sensation throughout the business circles of the capital!
Everyone understood that Ouyang Zhixin intended to strongly support Fang Yanxi to take over their Ouyang family's enterprise, and perhaps even replace him in the future!
Ouyang Zhixin had already discussed this decision with the elders of the family. Although some opposed it, others supported it!
Setting aside the fact that Fang Yanxi was Wan Yunting's wife, based on her abilities alone, she was qualified to hold the position of Vice President of the family's enterprise group.
Therefore, the family members tacitly approved Ouyang Zhixin's decision.
Of course, whether Fang Yanxi would be given a higher position in the future would depend on her performance.
"I don't know when she'll be back. I'll put Xinxin to sleep first."
It was already ten o'clock in the evening, and seeing that Fang Yanxi had not returned, Wan Yunting had no choice but to take his daughter inside to put her to sleep.
"En, everyone should also rest early," Xia Xiangyun said with a smile and then got up to return.
Qi Miaomiao accompanied her senior sister Gu Luotang back to the adjacent courtyard, while Su Ke'er followed Wan Yunting into the house. Noticing the girl looked unhappy, Wan Yunting asked, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"
"No?"
Su Ke'er pouted. Although she said nothing was wrong, her face clearly indicated otherwise.
Wan Yunting carefully placed his sleeping daughter into the crib before pulling Su Ke'er to the living room outside and said, "Are you not used to it here?"
Su Ke'er lowered her head, remaining silent.
This made Wan Yunting a little worried. He took her hand and asked, "Are you not used to being at home, or did you hear something from others?"
Su Ke'er looked up, her eyes pleadingly looking at the man, and sighed, "Perhaps a bit of both. Maybe I'm really not used to it..."
In fact, Su Ke'er had heard the gossip from the servants of the Ouyang family, which made her feel wronged.
Among the women associated with Wan Yunting, those servants privately discussed that Su Ke'er was the most useless, and that she was only with Wan Yunting to cling to the Ouyang family.
In short, they spoke all sorts of unpleasant things. When the words reached Su Ke'er's ears, she felt wronged.
At the same time, she could also feel that Wan Yunting's parents did not value her as much as they did Gu Luotang and Fang Yanxi!
It was known to everyone in the family that Ouyang Zhixin valued Fang Yanxi.
And it was also known that Xia Xiangyun liked Gu Luotang.
However, only Su Ke'er was in a somewhat awkward position. Regardless of whether she had any inherent worth, her Su family, a small family, was nothing compared to the Ouyang family.
Previously, Ouyang Zhixin had met her parents and helped their Su family ascend to become a top enterprise in Shenzhen precisely because of her relationship with Wan Yunting!
To put it bluntly, the Ouyang family looked down on Su Ke'er!
Therefore, during this period, as Su Ke'er interacted with Wan Yunting's family, she could feel that she was not valued by his parents, which made her overthink and worry.
"Brother Yunting, I want to move out and live by myself for a while, can I?" Su Ke'er gritted her teeth and finally voiced her thoughts.
Wan Yunting frowned and held her arm, saying, "Ke'er, don't overthink it. My parents actually have no objections to you..."
"I know."
Su Ke'er nodded and said, "But I just feel uncomfortable. Moreover, I can't just stay at home all the time. I want to go out and work!"
Wan Yunting looked at her seriously and asked, "Do you really want that?"
Su Ke'er looked up at him and said, "En, at least I don't want to be called useless by others!"
This made Wan Yunting sigh inwardly. Although he could satisfy all of Su Ke'er's conditions, this was her own choice.
Sometimes, it was necessary to respect her choices. Otherwise, forcing Su Ke'er to stay by his side would only cause her immense pressure.
"Ke'er, you should go back to Hua Du City."
After thinking for a moment, Wan Yunting said to her, "In a while, I'll go back to Hua Du City to build the Chinese medicine hospital. You go back to Hua Du City and stay with Director Jiang for a while. When I've built the hospital, you can work there. What do you think?"
Su Ke'er's large eyes instantly lit up. "You mean, you're going back to Hua Du City?"
Wan Yunting shook his head. "Not exactly going back, more like running between the two places."
"Okay, then I'll go back to Hua Du City the day after tomorrow." Su Ke'er was happy. In fact, she had long wanted to return to Hua Du City and work with Jiang Tongxin.
Although she got along well with Qi Miaomiao at the Ouyang residence, her relationship with Gu Luotang and Fang Yanxi seemed very delicate, as if they could never find common ground.
Perhaps, they just didn't have much to talk about.
"En, don't overthink things."
Wan Yunting pulled her into his arms and said gently, "No matter what choices you make in the future, I will support you, and my feelings for you won't change."
"Mmhmm, thank you, Brother Yunting..."
Su Ke'er hugged him tightly, very happy that the man understood her.
A moment later, he sent Su Ke'er back to the adjacent courtyard and saw Fang Yanxi returning, dressed in professional attire.
"Have you eaten?"
Wan Yunting greeted her and asked.
"En, I ate a little, I'm not hungry."
Fang Yanxi returned, looking a bit tired, and sat down in a chair, sighing, "Your family's enterprise is too big."
Wan Yunting rubbed her shoulders and smiled, "What, feeling the pressure?"
"There is a bit of pressure, after all, it was Dad who took the pressure to let me join the company," Fang Yanxi said, raising her eyebrows.
Wan Yunting smiled, "Relax a bit. Believe in your own abilities, and you'll definitely do better."
Fang Yanxi stood up and waved her hand, "Come on, you always feed me this kind of 'chicken soup'..."
"This isn't chicken soup..."
Wan Yunting said with a wry smile.
Fang Yanxi ignored him, went into the bedroom to check on their daughter, and then took her pajamas to take a bath...
Seeing this, Wan Yunting went to the adjacent courtyard. Seeing the light on in Gu Luotang's bedroom, he went in directly...
"Not asleep yet?"
He saw Gu Luotang in a bathrobe, still sitting in the chair at the desk, reading a book.
"Brother Yunting, you're here."
Gu Luotang put down the book, a gentle smile on her face, and asked, "Has Yanxi returned?"
"En, she's gone to take a bath. I'm here to accompany you tonight."
Wan Yunting walked over, leaned against the desk, took Gu Luotang's delicate hand, and stroked it. He smiled, "This little guy can't wait to come out."
Gu Luotang smiled happily, "But I want a daughter, like Xinxin, so cute."
Wan Yunting bent down and placed his hand on her swollen belly, laughing, "Too bad, you're carrying a boy. He'll probably be even more accomplished than me when he grows up."
"Impossible."
Gu Luotang smiled, "In this world, no man is more outstanding than you, Brother Yunting."
"Ha, you're making me too pleased with yourself."
"Ah, what are you doing..."
As he spoke, Wan Yunting directly picked up Gu Luotang and carried her towards the large bed, causing the woman's pretty face to blush. She smiled, "If you want, go to Miaomiao and the others. I..."
"I'm not going anywhere tonight, I'm just staying with you."
He carefully placed Gu Luotang on the large bed, then got on and hugged her in his arms, chatting with her about going back to Hua Du City to build the Chinese medicine hospital...
Time flew by to the next morning. Wan Yunting got up early. Gu Luotang next to him was still fast asleep. Without disturbing her, he quietly left the room.
He first went to the rooftop to meditate and practice. He couldn't help but think of Elder Chang. He wondered if they had returned to the Wuliang Daoist Temple.
At the same time, Wan Yunting was also thinking of visiting Duan Yingying and the others at the Wuliang Daoist Temple in the next couple of days.
Mainly, he was concerned about Zhou Ruoxi, so he went to check on her...
Today, he went to the office of the Chinese Medicine Association and informed Li Yuxiu about the recent tasks. Then, he took a few days off and flew directly to Kunlun Mountain alone...
He arrived at Buxida County town at noon the next day. As usual, Li Zihang drove to the county town to pick him up, and they returned to Wuliang Mountain together.
"Uncle-Master Chang and the others returned to the temple a couple of days ago."
Li Zihang helped carry the items as he walked up the mountain with Wan Yunting.
Wan Yunting nodded and asked with a smile, "How was your New Year?"
"It was very good. Senior Sister Jiang and I specifically went to visit Senior Sister Zhou and the others." Li Zihang said with a smile.
"Senior Sister Jiang, you call her quite affectionately."
When Wan Yunting heard him mention Jiang Tingxia, he couldn't help but tease him.
"Hehe..."
Li Zihang blushed, feeling embarrassed.
Wan Yunting smiled, "If you think it's appropriate, you should become dao companions. Our temple allows marriage, right?"
"En."
Li Zihang nodded, but shyly smiled, "But Senior Sister Jiang and I need to discuss it further."
"Okay, as long as you're happy." Wan Yunting smiled and chatted with Li Zihang all the way. They soon arrived at the Daoist temple. Yang Jingyi and Wuwei Zi were also outside to greet him, smiling, "Yunting is back..."
"En, Mistress, Uncle-Master Wuwei..."
Wan Yunting greeted them. Then, he saw Chang Wude emerge, wearing a black daoist robe, and say, "Why are you here, kid?"
"Can't I come to wish you all a belated New Year?" Wan Yunting gave Elder Chang a playful glare.
"Hey, why are you only coming now?"
Immediately, Duan Yingying came out, her eyes wide, pouting her small mouth, and humming with great dissatisfaction.
Seeing the girl's resentful look, he knew she was angry. Wan Yunting walked over sheepishly and smiled, "I've been busy, haven't I? Besides, I told you to go back and celebrate the New Year with me before, but why didn't you agree?"
Duan Yingying raised her hand and hit Wan Yunting's arm, humming, "Do you think I didn't want to? My mother wouldn't agree."
Yang Jingyi on the side sighed softly and said, "Yunting, it's cold outside. Let's go inside and chat."
"Oh, alright..."
Then, Wan Yunting was led into the meeting hall with Duan Yingying linking his arm.
Inside, he saw Senior Sister Zhi Shan, Qi Wu, Jiang Tingxia, and Lu Shuang among others. Seeing Wan Yunting, they all happily greeted him, "Master Wan..."